Reading Review - The Giver Quartet

This term I have been reading The Giver Quartet, Which includes The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger and Son. The Giver quartet have a different main character for each book. The main character in The Giver is Jonas, In Gathering Blue the main character is Kira, Messenger is Matty and in Son it is Claire. This is a great series and I hope you will read this series to see if you like it.

The Giver
Jonas is eleven years old nearly twelve, soon he will be assigned a job for his life in the community. But when the time came he didn't expect to get what he got. His job was to be the Receiver of Memory and he was sent to work with the Giver the previous Receiver. Jonas has to deal with pain, fear and stress. But will he be able to change a place where everything is the same.


Gathering Blue
This book is about a girl called Kira who lives in a place called Village which is surrounded by a forest filled with beast's. Her mother died and Kira was left with no house, no place to call home. Until she was summoned before the village leaders. Kira was allowed to live in the main house if she restored the singer's robe and to fill in the blue of the sky on the robe. Along with her friends Matt and Thomas she tried to fill in the gaps in the robe and in her life.


Messenger
Matty has been living with Seer for few a years and has been travelling through Forest to deliver messages for Leader. Forest has become hostile to travellers and also to Matty himself. Village is closing to all outsiders and Matty was sent to put up messages that say that people are not allowed to go to Village. He also has to find the Seer's daughter and bring her back to Village. But will he make it?


Son
She came from the sea and they called her Water Claire, but she was a mystery, nobody had ever seen her before and she was afraid of birds, bugs and any type of animal. She found many friends but nothing could stop her love for someone else. Claire remembered the pain of making the product, she remembered hearing it cry as it was taken away from its mother. Claire knows she won't stop looking until she has found her missing child. But what happens if the price is to high?


I think these are great books filled with sadness and love. These books are about things that happen in the future and sameness. The Giver Quartet would be good for people aged 11+. I rate The Giver 5/5, Gathering Blue 4/5, Messenger 5/5 and Son 5/5.

Have you read this series before, if you have say why you liked them.

Reading Review - Sunken Forest

Title: Sunken Forest
Author: Des Hunt

Sunken Forest is about a boy called Matthew Smith who lives with his Grandma because his dad is in jail. Matt was suspected of being a thief and a liar all because he helped an old lady put out her bins and it caused a ripple effect of problems. He was sent on the yr 8 adventure camp instead of going with the yr 7's. The camp was led by Mr Klineck, normally called Klink, who used to be in the army. Matt thought the camp wouldn't be exciting until he met Elsa a giant eel, and when Elsa's habitat is threatened he would do anything to help his friend.

I think this is a great book and I think it is a good book for people who like reading books about nature. It would be good for people aged 8 - 13. This book is about accusation's, some detective work and the wonders of nature. If you like this book you should try some other books by Des Hunt like Project Huia and Cool Nukes. I rate this book 4.5/5.

Have you read any of his books before, if you have leave a comment say if you liked and why.

Private vs Public Infomation

In cyber-smart we were learning about what information we should share and what should be private. This is a slideshow about it.

Do you follow these rules?